I’ll start this off with a question, and it may take you some time to connect it to the bulk of this column’s subject matter.

Gold has been considered a store of value for thousands of years. In 2026, it’s been trading more like a meme stock than a safe haven. Investors often flock to gold when crises hit, inflation spikes ...

Donald Trump supercharged his political career by claiming that Barack Obama wasn’t American. Yesterday, 16 minutes before midnight, the president’s account on Truth Social posted a video that ...

A clip of a ‘Nihilistic Penguin’ walking away from his colony toward certain death in the distant mountains has gone viral—where did the footage come from, and what does the meme mean? A viral clip of ...

This past week, the Trump White House posted an image on social media that appeared to show Nekima Levy Armstrong, a lawyer who was arrested after an anti-ICE demonstration in Minnesota, weeping ...

The Great Meme Reset begins as old internet memes return to the world. But they are no longer harmless jokes. Corrupted and hostile, they target modern memes. At the center of it all stands 67, marked ...

Steve Rogers. Thor. The X-Men. All those freaking chairs. Yes, everyone and their mother are apparently returning for Avengers: Doomsday when it opens in 11 months’ time. And since the first of four ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is facing a DOJ investigation over office renovations. Powell's video response sparked a wave of meme-filled jokes online. President Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted the ...

Memes of the Secretary of State Marco Rubio have flooded the internet, as his list of governmental responsibilities expands and his public profile grows. The former Florida senator has become the face ...

A TikTok user’s esoteric comment created a confusing viral moment. By Madison Malone Kircher There’s a TikTok user who goes by Tamara who is marking 2026 using 365 buttons. How is Tamara doing that ...

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